Archive By Section - Crime-Police-Fire

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) arrested a Camden man on Feb. 22 in connection with an attempted murder case where an Elgin man was "brutally" beaten with a piece of firewood to the point where he requires reconstructive surgery to his face.

The Camden Police Department (CPD) is seeking information leading to the arrest of a Camden man officers say shot a 36-year-old Cassatt man in the Huddle House parking lot on West DeKalb Street just before 10 p.m. Tuesday.

An 11-year-old girl, identified by Camden Police Department (CPD) Chief Joe Floyd as a 6th Grade student, is facing a disturbing schools charge in connection to a threat posted Monday morning through Snapchat against Camden High School (CHS).

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Foundation (KCSF) Board of Directors is accepting 2018 nominations for the Leonard Price Friend of Law Enforcement Award. The KCSF established the award in 2012 to recognize the support of Kershaw County residents for the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office. The award is named after the late Leonard L. Price, a former resident of the North Central area of Kershaw County who invested heavily in supporting law enforcement.

The Buffalo-Mt. Pisgah Fire Department has been awarded a $4,428 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The department will utilize this funding to purchase two specialized chainsaws to be used for vertical ventilation and rescue.

A Camden man arrested in October 2016 for stabbing another man multiple times pleaded guilty Feb. 2 to first-degree assault and battery, according to information on the Kershaw County Clerk of Court's website.

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is seeking the whereabouts of a man they said eluded deputies after "launching" the late model Chevrolet Camaro he was driving into a creek near Old English Road in the southern part of the Lugoff-Elgin area.